Conference to honor the contributions of Warren Weber, senior research officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Conference organizer: Will Roberds
Sponsored by the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta and Minneapolis
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Note: This conference is by invitation only.
Papers and Presentations
| Friday, February 17 |
| Welcome Dennis P. Lockhart, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
Session 1 "Could the United States Have Had a Better Central Bank: An Historical Counterfactual Speculation" |
| Session 2 Session chair: Tao Zha, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta "Collateral Crises"  Presenter: Gary Gorton, Yale University Presentation (Coauthor: Guillermo Ordoñez) Discussant: Todd Keister, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Presentation |
| Session 3 Session chair: Dave Altig, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta "Capital Requirements in a Quantitative Model of Banking Industry Dynamics" Presenter: Dean Corbae, University of Wisconsin Presentation (Coauthor: Pablo D'Erasmo) Discussant: Charles Kahn, University of Illinois Presentation "The Return of the Gibson Paradox" Presenter: Thomas Sargent, New York University Presentation (Coauthors: Timothy Cogley and Paolo Surico) Discussant: Larry Christiano, Northwestern University Presentation |
| Session 4 Session chair: Kei-Mu Yi, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis "Innovation and Growth with Financial, and Other, Frictions" Presenter: Randall Wright, University of Wisconsin Presentation (Coauthors: Césaire Meh and Jonathan Chiu) Discussant: David Andolfatto, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Presentation "Idea Flows, Economic Growth, and Trade" Presenter: Robert Lucas, University of Chicago Presentation (Coauthors: Fernando Alvarez and Francisco Buera) Discussant: Edward C. Prescott, Arizona State University and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis |
| Dinner and after-dinner remarks Narayana Kocherlakota, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis |
| Saturday, February 18 |
| Session 5 Session chair: Toni Braun, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta "On the Origins of Specie" Presenter: François Velde, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Presentation Discussant: Cyril Monnet, University of Bern Presentation "Responding to a Shadow Banking Crisis: The Lessons of 1763" Presenter: Stephen Quinn, Texas Christian University Presentation (Coauthor: William Roberds) Discussant: Ellis Tallman, Oberlin College and Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Presentation |
| Session 6 Session chair: John Robertson, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta "Optimal Inflation in a Model of Inside Money" Presenter: Neil Wallace, Pennsylvania State University Presentation (Coauthor: Alexei Deviatov) Discussant: Ed Nosal, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Presentation "Credit Markets, Limited Commitment, and Government Debt" Presenter: Stephen Williamson, Washington University in St. Louis Presentation Discussant: Francesca Carapella, Federal Reserve Board Presentation |
